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Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

I hear ya Jim, so many of my old friends have crossed the bar and I am thankful for the ones who are still here. Those two in the pics are my neighbors and we get together every morning for coffee. We all need that I think.Funny thing, little by little we are picking up strays. Some old duffer comes into the store where we gather and his wife dumps him in one of the chairs with a cup of coffee and goes off to shop. We usually invite him to join us and next thing we have a new member. Last one was a retired university prof with some great stories.
Took the stitches out of BUNKY II and was surprised at how stiff the little welds of epoxy I put between each stitch made the hull.
I am waiting for a delivery of glass and tape so I can get back to the inside of the boat. The plans do not call for glass on the inside of the hull sides but having seen what happens to the inside of a plywood hull when it is hit from the outside, I am glassing it in and out.

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Taped the inside seams at the chine and stem. Chine with 3 inch eglass tape over a fillet and two layers of 6inch, 12 oz biax in the stem. Next step will be to glass the inside and then put in the seat frames. Sorry no pics today.

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Inside all glassed.P1010001.jpg
Glass laid out so that the chine gets an extra layer.P1010002.jpg
Did the transom next day. Amazing how much stiffer the hull is becoming.P1010003.jpg
Not happy iwth the design that calls for a wide gap where the transom joins the side of the hull.
Not easy to get the fillet to keep from sagging in a half inch vertical gap, but was finally successful.
Today I will dry fit all of the frames and seat supports and maybe even spot weld all in place.

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

All frames and seat supports in place, anchored with fillets and ready for taping. Here is a view from the bowP1010001.jpg
and here is one from the sternP1010002.jpg
and another P1010005.jpg
after reading the thread on flotation in a LYS I have decided to make the areas under the seats into airtight lockers. The plans call for them to be filled with closed cell
construction foam and then sealed up with no access. The plans state that water will
find its way into those compartments in time so seal them well with epoxy to prevent
rot. The Peeler as designed has virtually no storage and I will use the space under the
seats for various odds and ends. They will still act as flotation unless holed and since there
are five of them I shall not fear. I have begun looking for hatches.

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

All of the bulkheads and seat supports now filleted and taped in place
and the boat has been flipped over so I can tape the chine.
The process of flipping went very well. I have a come-a-long hanging
above each end of the boat. I bored two holes, one in the stem where
the bow eye will go and one in the transom where the thru hull drain will go.
I must have guessed well where the balance point would be. Very easy flip
to do by yourself.P1010001.jpg
Before I tape the chines the excess bottom needs to be planed off
and then the hard edge rounded so the glass tape will lay tight to the hull.
This process creates a lot of nasty dust as it is some plywood and some
epoxy and glass. I will be very happy when it is over.P1010002.jpg
I think it is time to change the blades in my electric plane. Aaaaarrrggh.
This pic from the manual shows the excess that needs to be trimmed off the bottom.

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Happy to have your input Garret. Tomorrow I am going to try to replace the cutters in my
cheapo Hitachi power plane. It has worked very well for me, but the combination of glass
and epoxy might be too much for it.

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Power plane did not work out so well in the end had to use sawzall. Finished up with bench plane, rounded chine to accept 12 oz. biax, taped chines and bow, glassed transom. Need to sand hull sides to get rid of orange peel effect. 36 grit on my 7 inch sander barely cuts it. Eager to get passed this part.

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Originally Posted by donald branscom

Thanks for the story and photos!

More to come, I hope! Next week my son will spend a day or two at my shop and I am hoping for a quantum leap forward. For the rest of this week I will concentrate on sanding the orange peel and filling the weave on the chines and transom.

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Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Just ordered two quart kit of Total Fair from Jamestown to fill the slight blems left after sanding with 36 grit discs made in Germany. They cut way better than the previous discs made somewhere else.
Progress and lifted spirits that come with it. After the fairing will come 3M high build primer and then paint. Yea! I am only shooting for a three yard finish so should be easy.

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Between Beauty and the Beast I got her pretty smooth.
Here they areP1010009.jpg
Got the sheer strake glued on, so happy I have lots of clampsP1010013.jpg
The pvc ones are especially good as they seem to exert just the right amount of pressure
and do not squeeze out too mcuh of the thickened epoxy.
Here she is before the sheer strake, looking nearly smooth enough, but not quite.P1010012.jpg

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Sheer strake and outwales epoxied in place. Son James was the extra pair of hands that made it possibleP1010002.jpg

Excess at bow will be trimmed latebr />
P1010003.jpg
Next day I used my scrapers to clean up any grungle (grungle, an obscure nautical term)
The well sharpened scraper takes nice clean feathery shavings of cured epoxy for a nice smooth finishP1010007.jpg
Here are a few of the scrapers I use for various profiles, very handy when working with epoxy.
To be effective they must be kept sharp.P1010008.jpg

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Danged attached thumbnails. Can't seem to get rid of them
Next day I flipped her over. The method was a come a long at each end of the boat.
Fortunately I hit the balance point just right. One at the bow eye and one where the
transom drain will be. She went up and over without any drama.P1010011.jpg
You can see the two come a longs. After the flip I move them out of the way
Here she is in the air just after turning.P1010013.jpg
The plans call for "canoe" type gunnels. While attractive, I am not building a canoe
and choose to simple put inwales and move on from there.P1010005.jpg
Inwhales installed last night, will remove clamps later today and fair up any places that need
the touch of my plane. I'm sure there will be a few places—and more than a few runs to scrape off.

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Transom knees installed, rails rounded over and problem of boarding ladder solved
with a beautiful Garelick transom ladder. The extreme flare of the sides of Peeler made
using my over the gunnels ladder a problem, plus there is no room for storing a ladder
on such a small boat. This new one will be a dream. Permanently installed, flips down and
extends well below the water line. Can be deployed from in or out of the boat. Great for an unexpected swim. Here is the up position (roughly where it will go)P1010004.jpg
and here it is deployed... now to finish the boat so I can install it.P1010002.jpg
Ha ha, just noticed the cured epoxy on the toes of my shoes.....

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Wholesale Marine $130 and free shipping. All stainless and built like a brick out house.dl
A bit early, Garrett, but are you going to Mystic again this year?
BTW, I enjoyed the tape.

I might be getting one of those for my plywood powerboat. When I built it 20 years ago, I could re-board from the water by myself. Not so much anymore!
I haven't been to the boat show in something like ten years. Maybe this year.

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

I will start a thread on Mystic I guess. Rich, if you are thinking of going it is a good time to make a reservation.
Yes, when I was much younger I would not hesitate to clamber in over the gunnels... not gonna happen now.

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Quarter knees are in, nothing fancyP1010001.jpg
seats roughed out and scribed to fitP1010002.jpg
once cut along scribed lines, it should fit
there seems to be just enough room to eliminate this overlapP1010004.jpg
(it did)

Re: BUNKY II由ussell R to Peeler

Seats have been scribed and trimmed and now fit beautifully.
Built the center console, installed the bow seat and generally seeing some progress.P1010002.jpgP1010005.jpg
bow seat (loaded with tools, sorry)P1010003.jpg
you will notice I decided to forego the rather fussy
breast hook as designed. Not really set up for a bow cleat. The
cleat will fit on the inside of the stem.I used the heavy rope
in the pic above to help me decide how long the steering cable
should be as it laid nicely in place compared to my tape which
is stiff and does not follow contours as well.P1010006.jpg
and I was able to score a triangular bow chock which will sit
directly on top of the stem and is almost exactly the same
dimensionP1010007.jpg
The bow seat is huge so I will divide it with a curved partition, the front half
will be an open anchor locker. Curiously the plans make no provision for
storage and I am not fond of things underfoot, especially in such a small
skiff as the Peeler. I checked with a friend, ex USCG, and asked about
putting the running lights on either side of the center console and he
thought that might just work.
The all around light will be back by the transom as usual.